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Nerve block injection, lower back, with imaging guidance in Los Angeles, CA costs $146 to $4,469. Here's every hospital's price.

30 hospitals in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area publish a cash price for nerve block injection, lower back, with imaging guidance (CPT 64483). We read their files every month so you don't have to.

Across the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area, 30 hospitals list a cash price for nerve block injection, lower back, with imaging guidance (CPT 64483). The lowest is $146 at Providence St. Joseph Hospital, the median is $1,199 and the highest is $4,469 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The most expensive hospital lists 31 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Los Angeles, CA median of $1,199 is in line with the national median of $1,245 across 1149 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

40 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $146 to $21,319. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which is sometimes higher than the cash price; you may ask for the cash price instead.

The files behind these prices are dated between November 2025 and September 2026. 59 other hospitals in the metro area have no readable price for this code: some publish no file, some block automated reading, some leave the code out. They are listed below so you can call them.

$146
lowest cash price in Los Angeles, CA
Providence St. Joseph Hospital · 29 mi
$1,053 below the median
$1,199
median cash price
30 hospitals
31×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
30/100
hospitals with a cash price
59 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Providence St. Joseph Hospital

Orange · 29 mi · File Apr 2026

$146
list $183 · lowest of 5 lines
2
Pacifica Hospital of the Valley

Sun Valley · 15 mi · Older file date unknown

$584
list $584 · lowest of 2 lines
3
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Ctr Torrance

Torrance · 21 mi · File Apr 2026

$755
list $2,156
4
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center

Mission Hills · 20 mi · File Apr 2026

$916
list $2,616
5
Providence St. Jude Medical Center

Fullerton · 21 mi · File Apr 2026

$1,046
list $2,180
6
Saint Francis Medical Center

Lynwood · 13 mi · File Sep 2026

$1,132
list $4,060
7
Encino Hospital Medical Center

Encino · 18 mi · File Sep 2026

$1,132
list $6,000
8
Garden Grove Hospital & Medical Center

Garden Grove · 28 mi · File Sep 2026

$1,132
list $1,790
9
West Anaheim Medical Center

Anaheim · 22 mi · File Sep 2026

$1,132
list $1,790
10
Huntington Beach Hospital

Huntington Beach · 30 mi · File Sep 2026

$1,132
list $1,790
11
La Palma Intercommunity Hospital

La Palma · 20 mi · File Sep 2026

$1,132
list $1,790
12
San Dimas Community Hospital

San Dimas · 20 mi · File Sep 2026

$1,132
list $9,334
1

What's in the price

The hospital facility fee for CPT 64483. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.

2

Cash vs. insured

Cash is what you pay without insurance. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which can be higher than cash. You may ask for the cash price.

3

What to say on the phone

"I'd like the self-pay price for CPT 64483, in writing, and whether it covers facility, physician and anesthesia."

About nerve block injection, lower back, with imaging guidance

CPT 64483 is a transforaminal epidural injection at one level of the lumbar or sacral spine, under imaging guidance: steroid and anesthetic placed precisely where a nerve root exits the spine. It is used for sciatica and nerve pain from a disc or narrowing, and as a diagnostic test before surgery. Additional levels use an add-on code (64484).

What the price covers

The hospital's price is the facility fee for the procedure room, fluoroscopy, nursing and supplies for one level. The physician, sedation and additional levels are separate. A series of injections is common.

Why prices vary

As with other spinal injections, hospital outpatient prices are typically several times those of pain clinics and ambulatory surgery centers for the same procedure. Within hospitals, large systems list the highest charges.

Questions to ask

  • What is the self-pay price for 64483 per level, and what does the physician add?
  • How many levels and how many sessions are planned?
  • Is a pain clinic or surgery center an option for the same injection?

Hospitals in Los Angeles, CA without a price for this procedure

Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.

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